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From: c60b-1eq@web-1g.berkeley.edu (Noam Mendelson)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Shareware is junk
Message-ID: <1991May1.153211.21245@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 1 May 91 15:32:11 GMT
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In article <1991May01.022439.16596@osh3.OSHA.GOV> chip@osh3.OSHA.GOV (Chip Yamasaki) writes:
>I have used many shareware programs and have NEVER run into one that
>annoys me to death.  I have seen some that remind you to register and or
>display a copyright screen while loading.  Some programs even ask that
>you press a key to continue,  HORRORS!  How awful of them.

How about programs that have timed delays?  Or those which count
the number of times they're used, and either nag you or annoy you
to death (although it's trivial to work around counters, it is a
pain)?
I know ProComm Plus Test Drive was very annoying until I patched it to
remove all those annoying messages (I ended up buying the commercial
version, BTW).

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